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This page is primarily **advertising with scattered short humor pieces** rather than political cartoons. The top features ads for beverages (Club Cocktail, Underberg Bitters, A.I. sauce) and Comfy Moccasin slippers—typical early 1900s product marketing. The humor pieces are light social commentary: - **"In Their Own Coin"**: A joke about ladies paying a cab driver with excessive small change—satire on penny-pinching behavior. - **"Secretary Root's anecdote"**: A Turkish legal story about a cadi (judge) applying literal "eye for an eye" justice, mocking rigid adherence to law over reason. - **"On the Banks of the Thames"**: A quip about Lady V. moving her houseboat onto land and removing it from water—implying she's given up the lifestyle. - **"Unpopular Books"**: A humorous list of absurd book titles parodying sentimental Victorian literature titles. None contain specific political figures or dated references requiring historical context beyond understanding early 20th-century social conventions around class, excess, and literary taste.

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——4 lowing coins: ‘BClub-Socktail TITLED DELIGHT "THOUSANDS have discarded the idea of making. their own cocktails, —all_ will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair trial, Scientifically blended from the choicest old liquors and mellowed with age make them the perfect cocktails that they are. Seven kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base), Manhattan (Whiskey base). ‘The following label appears on every bottle : uaranteed under the National Pure Food and Drugs Act. Approved June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 1707. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props Hartford New York London In the Home or Business Circle Underberg Bitters Is Invaluable, At All Deaters? In Their Own Coin NE day two ladies hired driver his dollar for the two two-cent pieces and thirteen pennies. the driver smiled broadly and a “Well, well, now, and how long have you been '—Har- avin, After looki at the misce 1p for this nice little treat to-da pers Weekly. ECR relates the following ARY ROOT queer case of legal jurisprudence that was told him by a Turkish diplomat: him It appears that a mechanic fell from a roof into the street upon a wealthy old Turk and killed ‘The son of the deceased caused the arrest of the workman, who was uninjured, and had him taken before the cadi, with whom he used all his influence to have the prisoner condemned. a cab and paid the ride with the fol- a twenty-five-cent piece, three dimes, five five-cent pieces, a three-cent piece, any for a moment, ked whimsically, But the man’s innocence was clearly estab- lished and nothing could satisfy the dead man’s Thereupon the venerable cadi gravely directed that the workman ‘ed upon the exact spot where the victim When this was done son save the law of retaliation. be of the accident had stood. the cadi turned to the son and said: “Now, you may go to the roof of the house and fall down upon this man and kill him if you can.” —Ulica Observer. Unpopular Books WINS, or ‘Too Many by Half, Bachelor’s-Buttons, or Lost in the W: All in a Garden Fair, or Adam and I Happy Days, or When We Were Sing! A Cr il, or My Neighbor's Baby. Memoirs of an Old Maid, or a M vent Life: A Bolt from the Blue, or Outrunning the Cop. Crossing the Amazon, or Firing the Cook His Three Wives, or Trebly D—d.—News. Prettiest, Daintiest, DELIVERED Women's - $1.25 Children’s 1.00 Men's Plain 1.25 Comfy Moccasin Made of pure “Comfy Felt,” soft leather soles with one inch of carded wool between | felt inner sole and felt and leather outer soles, making ‘a perfect cushion tread. -Ideal for the bed- room. } Caters: Red, Pint, Navy Bh Tre. Light Blue, Gray and Laven. Handsome slipper bag to keep them in, sent for 25 cents extra. Send for CATALOGUE. No. 32 showing many new styles. DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOE CO. 119 West 23d Street, New York. p On the Banks of the Thames UST above Windsor was moored for y' houseboat belonging to Lady V., who is long friend of Richard Mansfield. Her son is in Amer d called on the distinguished actor the other day. Mr. Mansfield’s second inquiry was after the houseboat, where he had passed so many enjoyable day “Oh, mother w aried of the water, “explained the young EF hman, “though she loves the old houseboat. So she had piles driven in the bank and raised the house on them, and there it stands high and dry and comfortable. “What does she call it?” queried Mr. Mans- field, unblushingly. ‘The houseboat on . the sticks?” —Independent. ns with con- singular notion that the fatietion Of a governor is to govern.—Philadel- phia Ledger. Speaking of Ale— Here is EVANS’ = JENNER & COM PANY | | Undivided Estates Exclusively ‘| 55 BROADWAY. NEW YORK Telephone 4030-40 + Cate Address “droatene” UNDIVIDED ESTATES Livided estate interests, iu = 4} THE COLLVER TOURS ‘The Coltser Idea is different from all eat as Callver Routes are froin Uiove JAPAN-EUROPE ROUND THE WORLD SEND FOR TOUR BOOKS 368 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. ners. a8 differ: rally ken. MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK $2,000,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $8,034,067.97 OFFICERS: Levi P. Morton, Presitent. Thomas F, Ryan, Vice-Pres Charles MH. Allen, Vice Pres, James K. Corbiere, Vice Pres 1M. Francis, Secretary. Faul D. Cravath, Counsel Capital, . - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Levi P, Morton Thomas F. Rean Charles 1 Allen Edward J, Berwind Sai Harry Payne Whitney 1D. Cravath G, G, Haven James N, Jarvie b 1. Schitr comicbooks.com